The material could be made as a thin coating to analyze air quality in industrial or home settings over time.

The doctoral student will use the prize to find novel phases of matter and particles.

The MIT-led projects will investigate novel high-performance designs, materials, processes, and assessment methods for an environmentally sustainable microchip industry.

A filter made from yeast encapsulated in hydrogels can quickly absorb lead as water flows through it.

The MIT physicist is honored for pioneering work in photonics that helped to advance tools for telecommunications and biomedicine.

Work could lead to ultra-efficient electronics and more. 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, founded by MIT professors and former postdocs, has turned the promise of RNAi research into a new class of powerful therapies.

The new technique could enable detailed studies of how brain cells develop and communicate with each other.